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If the house rule is that chips that cross one's cards have been wagered (e.g. if I bring 10 chips in front of my cards in my hand, I must bet all 10), then Player A's bet is however many chips he has in his hand.

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Having this rule in a NL game is a very poor game structure. IN a case like this the player puts soime chips out and returns the rest to his stack. How would you suggest we determine how many were in his hand?

Normally in NL you can return for your stack for more chips; however, with the rapid growth of NL poker there are a lot of people both playing and working in poker rooms that are unfamiliar NL rules and procedures.

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I am not advocating for the rule you quoted, and I agree it is problematic for deeper stacked NL games. I simply stated that IF it is the rule in effect (and I have often seen that exact rule enforced), then that is the way the ruling should go. Point being is that even if the rules suck, they must be enforced.

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I know as of spring 2002 the NL rules in most (or all) of LA county were the standard return to your stack as many times as you like in NL (I knew this and won a bet with an inexperienced floorman at the club I worked in). The problem even places that have the traditional NL rules might not know what the rules are because until jsut a coupel years ago NL was very rare and the staff becasme familiar with limit rules.